grml-x, xorg ...

Dietmar Segbert <didi.segbert <at> arcor.de>
2011-03-06 14:07:00 GMT

Hello,
i have installed grml squeeze on a asus eeepc 1005ha-m.
I sue speakup and brltty, because i am blind.
Now i want to use gnomes-orca with firefox and openoffice with gnome.
At the moment i do not have installed gnome.
If i do:
grml-x
the xserver starts, but i can not come back to the textconsole. ctrl-alt-
f(x) will not work, also not the ctrl-alt-bacspace to shutdown the
xserver.
How can i set the xorg correct for the asus 1005ha-m?
How can i start the xserver to console tty7?
On my system are only the consoles tty1 to tty6for switching between
themself configurede, ist that correct?
Can i use orca with fluxbox?
Thanks for your help and regards.
Dietmar

Re: grml-x, xorg ...

Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org>
2011-03-07 15:20:41 GMT

Hi,
* Dietmar Segbert [Sun Mar 06, 2011 at 03:07:00PM +0100]:
> i have installed grml squeeze on a asus eeepc 1005ha-m.
> I sue speakup and brltty, because i am blind.
> Now i want to use gnomes-orca with firefox and openoffice with gnome.
> At the moment i do not have installed gnome.
> If i do:
> grml-x
> the xserver starts, but i can not come back to the textconsole. ctrl-alt-
> f(x) will not work, also not the ctrl-alt-bacspace to shutdown the
> xserver.
This sounds strange. Are you speaking about Grml 2010.12?
> How can i set the xorg correct for the asus 1005ha-m?
It's supposed to work out of the box, if not it's either a bug in
X.org or in your hardware. :)
> How can i start the xserver to console tty7?
Should be the default, but you can force it running
'grml-x --force --display 7 ...'

Re: grml-x, xorg ...

Rooster Cogburn <rstrcogburn <at> gmail.com>
2011-03-07 15:55:17 GMT

This helps a lot. I've also been having trouble using grml-x from a
grml-small iso. I haven't complained since it's a grml-small squeeze
iso I made with grml-live.
2011/3/7 Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org>:
> Hi,
>
> * Dietmar Segbert [Sun Mar 06, 2011 at 03:07:00PM +0100]:
>
>> i have installed grml squeeze on a asus eeepc 1005ha-m.
>> I sue speakup and brltty, because i am blind.
>
>> Now i want to use gnomes-orca with firefox and openoffice with gnome.
>
>> At the moment i do not have installed gnome.
>> If i do:
>
>> grml-x
>
>> the xserver starts, but i can not come back to the textconsole. ctrl-alt-
>> f(x) will not work, also not the ctrl-alt-bacspace to shutdown the
>> xserver.
>
> This sounds strange. Are you speaking about Grml 2010.12?
>
>> How can i set the xorg correct for the asus 1005ha-m?
>
> It's supposed to work out of the box, if not it's either a bug in
> X.org or in your hardware. :)
>

Re: grml-x, xorg ...

Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org>
2011-03-07 16:03:02 GMT

* Rooster Cogburn [Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 09:55:17AM -0600]:
> This helps a lot. I've also been having trouble using grml-x from a
> grml-small iso. I haven't complained since it's a grml-small squeeze
> iso I made with grml-live.
Yeah, the official grml-small doesn't ship X.org. :)
BTW: I strongly recommend using grml-medium as a base for
remastering (in general, unless you have a really good reason to do
otherwise :)), especially if you want to use X.org.
regards,
-mika-

* Rooster Cogburn [Mon Mar 07, 2011 at 09:55:17AM -0600]:
> This helps a lot. I've also been having trouble using grml-x from a
> grml-small iso. I haven't complained since it's a grml-small squeeze
> iso I made with grml-live.
Yeah, the official grml-small doesn't ship X.org. :)
BTW: I strongly recommend using grml-medium as a base for
remastering (in general, unless you have a really good reason to do
otherwise :)), especially if you want to use X.org.
regards,
-mika-

Re: grml, oxrg ...

Dietmar Segbert <didi.segbert <at> arcor.de>
2011-03-07 19:03:00 GMT

Hallo Mika,
thanks for your answer.
Also i have shown the netbook after start grml-x with fluxbox to a seeing
person.
They told me, that there is a winter picture and aclock at the bottom. But
nothing habpens, if i press some keys as alt-tab ctrl-alt-tab alt-f1 ...
And i can not shutdown the xserver or stop fluxbox and there is not
textconsole with speakup for me.
Regards
Dietmar

Grml User Survey 2011: results available

Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org>
2011-03-11 10:05:16 GMT

Hi!
The results of the Grml user survey we've been running at the
beginning of this year are available now:
http://grml.org/survey2011-results/
I'd like to thank especially Christian 'ch' Hofstaedtler and Ulrich
'mru' Dangel for their help and support in running and evaluating
this survey.
Thanks to everyone taking part in our survey, it's refreshing to get
such awesome feedback!
regards,
-mika-

Hi!
The results of the Grml user survey we've been running at the
beginning of this year are available now:
http://grml.org/survey2011-results/
I'd like to thank especially Christian 'ch' Hofstaedtler and Ulrich
'mru' Dangel for their help and support in running and evaluating
this survey.
Thanks to everyone taking part in our survey, it's refreshing to get

Creating Live USB with grml2usb

Roman Gelfand <rgelfand2 <at> gmail.com>
2011-03-16 16:34:13 GMT

I would like to put grml live cd on usb drive. I created bootable w96
fat32 partition and formatted it using mkfs.vfat. I ran "grml2sub
grml.iso /dev/sdb1".
I am getting boot error.
I tried to create live usb with unetbootin. This worked. Would
anyone have an idea what is going wrong?
Thanks in advance

Re: Creating Live USB with grml2usb

Ulrich Dangel <mru <at> grml.org>
2011-03-16 18:33:46 GMT

* Roman Gelfand wrote [16.03.11 17:34]:
Hi,
> I would like to put grml live cd on usb drive. I created bootable w96
> fat32 partition and formatted it using mkfs.vfat. I ran "grml2sub
> grml.iso /dev/sdb1".
>
> I am getting boot error.
I am sorry to hear that. What was exactly the problem? Can you write the
message down or make a screenshot with a camera? Without any further
information we can't help you.
Ulrich